[birdky] ??? on RPT of Yesterday

From: "Mark Bennett" <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:21:35 -0500

15 July 2011:
A responsible birder has questioned my report of Lesser Scaup from the KY
739 Transient Pond asking if the bird might have been a single eclipse
Blue-winged Teal.
I must confess that I did not consider that possibility at the time of
observation, the bird simply "said" Lesser Scaup. I realized that this
species was out of place, but I did not consider Blue-winged Teal as a
possible candidate. I am not used to seeing Blue-winged Teal in eclipse
plumage and I am not used to observing single females.
Upon further review, I must conclude that I did not rule out either during
the observation and that either is more likely than Lesser Scaup.
Having said that, I will try to get back to the Pond before the bird and/or
the pond leave us; I presently consider it to be a member of the family
Anatidae which requires further study to accurately ID.
Mark Bennett
Russellville, Logan County
benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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